Started today with leftover pizza. The shuttle from the hostel (friend of the owner with a station wagon) got us back on the trail around 7:30. Weather was good for the first part of the day and we had good views from Baldpate Mountain. Around … [Read more...]
Jul 12 – Down to Andover
Short day down to Andover to resupply. Was a reasonable downhill most of the way. Beardoh saw a deer shortly into the walk. The doe was about 20 yards off the trail and bolted another 50 yards when it heard the footsteps. The odd thing is that … [Read more...]
Jul 11 – Bemis, Old Blue, Moody and Hall Mountains
Sunshine today for the whole day. Warm walking up and down a few steep mountains. Lots of places where the trail maintainers have put in the stone 'steps.' There were even a few spots that had ladder steps drilled into the rock where there was no … [Read more...]
Jul 10 – Easy Like a Sunday Morning.
Got an early start and made good miles for the day. No long aggressive climbs for most of the day. Through the morning and mid-day we were mostly just walking rolling (rolling Maine style still has a few rock scrambles) terrain. Shortly after … [Read more...]
Jul 9 – Saddleback Mountain
Had a very windy but great day climbing over Saddleback Mountain and Saddleback Jr (there was another mountain at the beginning, but when we are summiting multiple per day, one forgets the smaller ones). The climb up was quite steep with some … [Read more...]
Jul 8 – Sugarloaf and The Crockers
Reasonably challenging day climbing up the Crocker peaks and Sugarloaf. Had some steep climbs with a bit of bouldering. The weather was great, fairly clear skies, temps in the upper 70's. Had some nice views out over the valley in between The Bigelos … [Read more...]
Jul 7 – Stratton
Short day as we need to resupply in Stratton. The walk down off the mountain was nice. It started out quite foggy but cleared to a beautiful day. Arrived fairly early and got a room at the White Wolf Inn. It was fairly cheap and situated well in … [Read more...]
